Portable Optical Drive

[ 2.5" HDD ] This is my third Transcend USB 3 Portable Drive. Love how small, quiet and portable they are. I recommend formatting them to exFat before putting data onto them, so that you can go from Mac to PC easily. Never had any problems, tho I always backup to a second drive for peace of mind.

[ATX] I am new to building PC with aftermarket cooler. Needed a wider case for DeepCool AK 620 which fit just fine. Case is very nice and allows more flexibility than I'm used to for cable routing and storage mounting options. Also mounted an optical drive at bottom front. When I put the magnetic cover over the optical drive it hits the button to open the tray. Not a big deal to me. Had a question about plugging 3 pin case fans into 4 pin connectors on motherboard but Fractal never responded to my ticket. Figured it out on YouTube. Would buy again.

[ Included] Had to convert optical output from new TV to analogue to drive two Sennheiser headphones. Works perfectly.

[0.15 lb] Dropped this in the Optical Bay of a 2009 MacBookPro (along with a new battery) to breath a little more life in to a slow old laptop. This was a dream for the old machine!! Dropped it in the Optical Bay since that was no longer needed. Left the original 500GB in and use it as a second/storage drive. System now runs off this SSD and compared to what it used to be, absolutely screams in speed compared to the old hard drive. Was as quick fast install and works like a charm, definitely gave this 2009 laptop another 2-3 years of life as a basic internet/email/documents machine.

[Slot] The best external optical drive for DVDs and Blu-rays. Write/read any disc types with the perfect speed. Quickly install and easy to use.

[12.5 mm] Replace your optical drive with an fast SSD to give your old Mac new life. Make the SSD your startup drive and max out your RAM toget greater speed and performance.

[Horizontal Only] The ZenDrive V1M is a great optical drive. It works great and is very convenient w/ the well designed cord storage feature! The price is only slightly higher than "generic" no name brand drives and worth the investment. Highly Recommended!

[12.67 lb] I needed a case that would support an optical drive that wasn't pre 2006 and this case was perfect. It has snug feeling hdd trays and a nice functional glass side panel. The cable management was more than adequate and since I haven't built a pc in over a decade I found the improvements abound. I know this is a budget case but it doesn't need to be. The front panel is the only thing that looks dated on it and it's mostly because of the optical drive... Which was my only real requirement of the case. Good value for money.

[0.205 lb] Open the box, open the computer, screw the card in, put the CD in the optical drive to load the driver, plug in the internet cable, Go.

[1] I got it to preserve the use of a 5.25 drive in a new PC case with no optical drive slot. (The drive has old firmware, that allows playing of UHD BluRay disks.) I found the USB cable that came with it to be a bit short (24, 60cm). If you get a replacement, be sure to get the high bandwidth A/B type.